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Tag: Horace Sudduth

Historical marker, Horace Sudduth and the Manse Hotel

Manse Hotel and Annex Walnut Hills has been home to a significant middle- and working-class Black community since the 1850s.[i] In 1931, African American entrepreneur Continue Reading

The Manse Hotel: a rambling prehistory of a rambling building

The one-time Manse Hotel building at 1004 Chapel Street, originally a cruciform (cross shaped) frame (wood) home constructed in about 1876, was the first house Continue Reading

Horace Sudduth: Businessman, Philanthropist, WH Resident

Horace Sudduth (1888-1957) was one of the most influential businessmen in Cincinnati. His work in real estate — both in the West End and in Continue Reading

Horace Sudduth and Women’s Institutions

We have explored Horace Sudduth’s support for the African American YMCA that opened on Ninth Street in 1916. This post will look at a series Continue Reading

Horace Sudduth, Cincinnati City Council, and the Universal Negro Improvement Association 1921

Horace Sudduth has generally been cast as a businessman who steered clear of politics. In 1921, however, Sudduth was willing to run for Cincinnati City Continue Reading

Horace Sudduth and Real Estate as Investment and Wealth in the Black Community

We have seen in the previous posts that Horace Sudduth served as his community’s Real Estate agent, selling hundreds of homes to Black owner-occupants. Sudduth’s Continue Reading

Horace Sudduth – Single Family Homes in the West End and Walnut Hills

Horace Sudduth served the communities in the West End and Walnut Hills as “our real estate agent”, in the words of Wendell Dabney, the Black Continue Reading

Horace Sudduth and the Industrial Building and Loan Corporation

Horace Sudduth founded the Industrial Building and Loan Corporation in December 1919. Its main office was in Sudduth’s West End real estate office, but from Continue Reading

Horace Sudduth and Black Tenement Housing on Walnut Hills

When Horace Sudduth began working in the Walnut Hills market, he played much the same role dealing in and managing tenements as he had downtown. Continue Reading

Horace Sudduth’s Charitable Work during the 1910s

In the previous post we looked at Horace Sudduth’s business dealings in the West End during the 1910’s. We also noted that the Lincoln Theater, Continue Reading

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